Off The Grid Imagine the outcry from the politicians if they found out the government had given a few million dollars to poor people who werent qualified to get welfare. Fox News would be outraged!And every news agency in America would be on board. When you hear about wasteful spending like this on war,

Brigida Santos NBC coverage of the Sandra Bland story reveals how the 28-year-old woman died in a Texas jail after being taken into custody. She had been pulled over for reportedly failing to signal when changing lanes. This news comes after suspicious dashcam footage was released in which the arresting officer yells to Bland, “I will light you up!” Medical examiners

Jen Hobbs California’s Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom said he would back a marijuana legalization initiative in 2016. He stated, “I dont like drug abuse, or drug use. That said, I dislike the war on drugs more. It is a war on people of color, it is a war on poor people, and it is an outrage.” There

Off The Grid PBS’ Frontline just released new photographs taken on that fateful day of September 11th, 2001. The images show the Bush administration immediately during and following the attacks. According to PBS, coordinating producer Colette Neirouz Hanna for the Kirk Documentary Group (which often produces films for Frontline) acquired them through the Freedom of Information Act. Related

Off The Grid Here we have another whistleblower being destroyed. Typical. If you are going to go against the government, be prepared for its wrath. You will put yourself in their crosshairs and they can be brutal. Its obvious that there are a lot of shootings that are unwarranted. I think were up to about

Off The Grid How can Congress put term limits on the judicial branch of government and not put them on themselves? Theres hypocrisy at its best. Why dont they lead by example and put term limits on themselves first, then they can worry about putting term limits in other places. I agree that no one

Off The Grid Netanya Lane from Ohio asks: Do you still believe the American Dream exist and why? If so, what is your American Dream? Jesse Says: Related Story Kate Steinle’s Killer Allegedly Used A Federal Agent’s Gun I still believe the American Dream exists and I still believe this is a country where you

Jen Hobbs In May, we reported on probably one of the most horrific cases of police misconduct of 2013. In Habersham County, Georgia, a SWAT team reportedly wrongly invaded a home with a no knock warrant, nearly killing a 19-month-old baby boy named Bou Bou, and left the family with over $1 million in medical bills.

Off The Grid When I lay out here in the Baja and I look up and see the thousands upon thousands of stars, I believe we cant be the only ones inhabiting the universe. Of course theres other life forms out there. How arrogant do we have to be to believe thats not so? Thats

Off The Grid Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and renowned physicist Stephen Hawking – along with more than 1,000 leading robotics experts and researchers – have signed an open letter calling for the ban of artificially intelligent and autonomous weaponry – ie, weapons that can kill “without human intervention,” so the letter states. The

Off The Grid According to The Independent, the police had accused Jones, age 37, of “striking her ex-husband in the arm with a tire iron outside of a Save-A-Lot food store” this past Friday. Police also state that Jones attempted to run her ex-husband over with her car, while her young daughter was in the

Off The Grid Lately, its been easy to forget that there are still some amazing police officers serving their communities. With many news stories revolving around police brutality and shootings, its nice to hear something positive once in a while. According to The Independent, Sgt Hay was caught on camera showing an act of kindness